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Background

The limited edition booklet for Minutes To Midnight provided some insight into the song's creation. "While the band was recording at the Laurel studio, Rick suggested that Brad try adding ebow to “The Little Things Give You Away.” The ebow is a hand-held device that vibrates guitar strings by generating an electric pulse. Although Brad ultimately decided not to add ebow to “The Little Things,” his experimentation produced the introductory sound around which “No More Sorrow” was built. Originally titled “Ebow Idea,” “No More Sorrow” was loosely constructed that same night, though the band went back and cut the song live on their last day at Laurel." Chester Bennington cited "No More Sorrow" as an example of the depth that could be found on Minutes To Midnight, and Rob Bourdon called it the heaviest song on the album.[1]

In a Facebook chat in 2013, Bourdon stated that "No More Sorrow" is his second favorite song to play live, behind "Somewhere I Belong".[2]

Remix

An 8-bit version of "No More Sorrow" was created for inclusion in 8-Bit Rebellion!, and the intro and bridge of the 8-bit rendition were used as ringtones.

Versions

Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.

Released as a prize for the "Iridescent" "Super-Fun Trading Fun-Cards" game. After all six cards were collected, the person could enter the codes of each card at linkinpark.com to get a free download of the full show.

Live

"No More Sorrow" was a major part of the Minutes To Midnight touring cycle setlists. Both this song and "Given Up" were performed under their working titles during band rehearsals in March 2007, "No More Sorrow" being performed as "Ebow". It was the first song to get its live debut from the album, it being the first new song in the setlist at the first show in the cycle at Berlin, Germany ("Given Up" and "What I've Done" were also debuted live at that show, but came after "No More Sorrow"). For much of the promotional touring in Europe, "No More Sorrow" was featured near the beginning of the set. Starting at the show in Rock im Park, Brad began to perform an extended guitar intro tease to the song at various shows. When the band began rotating setlists on Projekt Revolution 2007, "No More Sorrow" was featured early in the set with a short intro in Set A and Set C, and opened the show with a longer version of the intro in Set B. The band created new setlists in the winter of 2008, with "No More Sorrow" being featured as the opener of Set R with its long intro, early in the set with its long intro in Set S, and with a short intro transitioning out of "Faint" in Set T. Near the end of the Minutes To Midnight North American Tour, the song was dropped from a few setlists due to Chester being sick. The song did return by the end of the tour, however. The band introduced more new setlists on the second Minutes To Midnight European Tour that year, with the song being featured early on in Set X with its long intro, early in Set Y with its short intro transitioning out of "Faint", and opening the show in Set Z. On Projekt Revolution, the song's position stayed the same but featured the Street Drum Corps on the song during performances of Set Z. The song was performed early in the set with its long intro throughout 2009.

The song was the only non-single from Minutes To Midnight to return to live sets during the A Thousand Suns touring cycle. The song was featured mid-set with its long intro throughout the entire cycle. Along with "One Step Closer", "Crawling", and "Given Up", the song was dropped at the band's performance at the MTV Europe Music Awards, but was featured in every other setlist of the cycle.

The song did not make it into any setlists on the Living Things touring cycle, but returned briefly during The Hunting Party touring cycle, where its guitar intro was featured in the extended intro for "Until It's Gone" on the European Festival tour in 2014. The intro was dropped on subsequent tours, meaning "No More Sorrow" did not make any other appearances on the tour. The song was rehearsed for the Carnivores Tour, but did not make it into the setlists.